Investigation Finds More Than 2,000 State-Funded Apartments Vacant in Massachusetts Despite Lengthy Waitlists
An investigation by Massachusetts public radio station WBUR and ProPublica finds that nearly 2,300 public housing units in Massachusetts are vacant despite a waitlist of 184,000 people. Published in…
Tenant Talk Live on Hiatus in October; Participate in Feedback Survey!
“Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar series geared toward tenants and resident leaders – will be on hiatus during the month of October. In the meantime, we invite past attendees to participate in a survey…
Black Adults with Children Experience Highest Eviction Filing Rates
Source: The Eviction Lab. (2023). Who is evicted in America. Princeton, NJ: Author. Retrieved from https://evictionlab.org/who-is-evicted-in-america/.
NLIHC in the News for the Week of October 8
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of October 8: “As Chelsea Demo Plans Move Ahead, A Look Back to NYCHA’s Brooklyn Razing” City Limits, October…
NLIHC Seeks Housing Campaign Coordinator
NLIHC seeks a housing campaign coordinator to join our Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign. The housing campaign coordinator will work closely with the OSAH campaign director to build and…
Where to Find Us – October 16
Housing Is a Human Right Orange County General Meeting: Housing First – Virtual, October 16 (Courtney Cooperman) Habitat for Humanity of the Greater La Crosse Region Advocacy Committee Meeting –…
Rep. McCarthy Removed as House Speaker, Delaying Action on Spending Bills
Days after the U.S. Congress enacted a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to continue to fund the federal government through November 17, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to…
Senators Markey and Padilla Introduce Legislation to Align Federal Housing and Supportive Housing Services
Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the “Housing Alignment and Coordination of Critical and Effective Supportive Health Services (Housing ACCESS) Act” (S.2932) on…
Take Action to Stop Harmful Amendments to FY24 Spending Bill and Protect Housing Investments!
The U.S. House of Representatives may vote on its draft Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2024 as soon as a new Speaker is elected to replace…
Rep. Ramirez Introduces “Tenants’ Right to Organize Act”
Representative Delia Ramirez (D-IL) has introduced the “Tenants’ Right to Organize Act” (H.R.5827) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would protect the organizing rights of tenants with…
Join Today’s (10/10) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Homes
Join today’s (October 10) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. We will share the latest updates on negotiations over a final fiscal year 2024 spending bill and discuss the advocacy…